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ROBERT IVAN KLOOTWYK
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 20, 1948 – August 8, 1967
Service recordRobert Ivan Klootwyk, of Knoxville, Iowa, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 8, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 91
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 20, 1948
- Home of record
- Knoxville, Iowa (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 8, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date August 8, 1967; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 91
- JOHN RICHARD FREILING JRSpecialist Four · August 8, 1967
- CHARLES A JONESSpecialist Four · August 8, 1967
- ROBERT THOMAS LOHMANPrivate First Class · August 8, 1967
- SOTORIOS MILTON MARGARITISCorporal · August 8, 1967
From Knoxville
- THOMAS EDWARD BLUBAUGHLance Corporal · July 11, 1965
- HAROLD DEAN MONEYSMITHStaff Sergeant · July 27, 1967
- JOHN WILBUR SAMS JRPrivate First Class · March 22, 1970
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.